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[johny5]

Forget xp move forward to windows 7! XP had too many bugs and issues with security.

As for your problem, dont download any "speed up your pc" progs or registry boosters as most of them contain spyware which will slow it down even more!!

If a virus scan picks up nothing, try and download a program called spybot search n destroy, but remember to update it before u run the program, this will pickup alot of nasties.

How much space do u have left on the hard drive? less space u have the slower it gets, also when did u last do a defrag?

[Mysteryman]

Forget xp move forward to windows 7! XP had too many bugs and issues with security.

As for your problem, dont download any "speed up your pc" progs or registry boosters as most of them contain spyware which will slow it down even more!!

If a virus scan picks up nothing, try and download a program called spybot search n destroy, but remember to update it before u run the program, this will pickup alot of nasties.

How much space do u have left on the hard drive? less space u have the slower it gets, also when did u last do a defrag?

Who's got a prob with XP?

[Plomien]

open msconfig and click on the startup tab and see what is there, untick anything you don't need
then click services and tick the hide all microsoft services and again untick what you don't need, you can always retick it if required.
I know some of the guys here have said don't use pc speed up tools but I found tune up utilities to be good and it has free 30 day trial

[TheBoy]

windows machines need re-building every 6 months to maintain performance, Macs on the other hand don't!

My 1.8 Ghz duo Intel Mac Mini is 5 years old, (been 2 years since a re-build) and its still faster than the HP core2 2.6ghz duo 3gb ram HP piece of crap work give me last month that runs Windows...

I used to be Windows fan, but since got my Mac, never looked back! 

Tunnie - you cant compare a corporate build PC with a home use Mac .  Also, I'm guessing you're not running AV - the killer to Windows if you use the big 2 corporate favourites.

Windows will tend to outperform Mac if hardware is similar due to more efficient kernel and in particular a more efficient display subsystem.

Downsides of Windows is the open architecture, both hardware and software. Every tom dick and harry make shite for it (which is ultimately what kills it), Apple maintain stricter controls...





XP needs regular rebuilds. Vista based kernels seem more robust.  Vista does need a bit of RAM, but kernel is better optimised in W7.